the new 224 oxycontin's gel up once you add water, i tried cooking it, since that usually liquifies it right up, but in this case it just made it worse... can anyone tell me how to set up the 224's for IVing without it gelling up? or if there's a way to fix what i already have in gel form?
i would really appreciate anyone with experience trying to IV these 224's to give me any kind of feedback

Im not sure about your question since I don't IV, but I would imagine they gel because they are so much bigger than a normal roxicontin pills, so they must have alot more inactive ingredient fillers in them. Probably an abuse-reducing tactic.

I've shoot those many times with no problem.s although there is more sludge left bc how big they are there wasnt really a problem tho no sludge I'd if mybe the company JUST came out sub new anti abuse ones? I dnt think so

This might be off-topic, but are these pills still OK for snorting? How bad is this gel exactly?

This will be the last nail in the coffin, so to speak. I was telling someone just the other day about the new Opana formula that should be hitting shelves soon. "The roxies are IR, though, so they can't touch those!" Yeah, well, I guess they can...

This might be off-topic, but are these pills still OK for snorting? How bad is this gel exactly?

This will be the last nail in the coffin, so to speak. I was telling someone just the other day about the new Opana formula that should be hitting shelves soon. "The roxies are IR, though, so they can't touch those!" Yeah, well, I guess they can...

I've snorted these plenty of times without having it gel up at all in my nose. Opanas on the other hand always gel up, but I've gotten used to it because I believe it is a better high.

What is the new formula of Opana you're speaking of? Care to share a linK?

^Thanks for sharing that article! I think that'll be taken as some good news around these parts.

I particularly enjoyed this quote...

Endo fell 73 cents, or 2 percent, to $35.11 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market composite trading. The shares gained 70 percent in the past 12 months.

I don't know if its the junky in me or my leftist leanings, but learning a pharmaceutical company is bleeding a little usually brings a smile to my face! ...Unless its Eli Lilly. I own stock in that company so their nutjob over-medicating and diabetes-inducing asses' profitability is beneficial for my bottom lime. So... Go Zyprexa Go!

The 15mgs & 30mg roxis (which is what you have) gel up a little bit in water but they are still very much IVable. Crush the pills on a piece of paper (dont do more than 2-3 at a time, and add in 30-40 units for each pill, expect an output of 15-25u for each pill at this rate because the gel in the filler holds in the water.

Funnel into a chapstick cap and put in HOT (but not much hotter than what you can touch) water. Stir with the cap of the needle, and/or shake vigorously with your thumb over the cap. Drop cotton in, (or micron filter) and filter as normal from the cap. Once most of the moisture has been accumulated, rub the cotton around in the gel, getting as much excess liquid from the left over residue as possible on the cotton and then draw it.

if there is still alot of residue on the sides you can take another rig and add more water into the cap and stir in the residue with the water.

lemme know if this helps.

If your pill has an 'OP' on it instead of OC and its one of Purdue's new OP oxycontins then you shouldnt have even gotten as far as you have in your OP.

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As a former IV dope user myself, I am fully aware of having to make due with what you've got, and sometimes dope sickness overrides the aspect of harm reduction when all you wanna do is get that spike in your arm ASAP. As for micron filters, they aren't insanely expensive, and if you are going to be regularly IVing pills they are pretty much imperative, in my eyes.

Yes, I am aware that you CAN iv roxies with cotton, and have done it myself. Sure, you could do it and get away with it but over time all of the impurities and fillers like talc and shit can build up in your veins, lungs, etc..

All I am trying to do in my posts is advocate harm reduction as much as possible, from an objective point of view. Not necessarily exactly what I have personally done, and gotten away with. ya dig?

Well, i have done it plenty of times and never had any problems. just wash ur hands first

So in your mind the absence of acute, emergent symptoms makes the practice safe? I assume you haven't had full, regular medical workups to determine absolutely no damage is being done and you're not at any risk so I have trouble accepting your premise.

Originally Posted by Limesmoke

btw i, like most others, cant afford those micron filters.

I don't understand... you can afford drugs, but you can not afford filters? This isn't a financial distinction; its a practical one.

You find a way to obtain clothes (presumably), some form of at least essential nutrition, hydration, drugs, needles, and likely other commodities. You are CHOOSING not to buy filters and instead spend your money elsewhere. You are not cosmically barred from spending your money on micron filters.

If you want to assume unnecessary risks, feel free but please do not encourage others to do so... at least not on a harm reduction message board.

Originally Posted by Limesmoke

the roxi's are IVable with cottons... i have used this method over 200 times and never had any problems at all. as long as proper techinique is used, in my opinion, you should be fine.

I'm sure the roxi's are "IVable" with spit from a diseased prostitute as well but that doesn't make it a good idea.

In my view, proper technique includes not reusing/sharing needles, micron filtration and sterilizing the site. Just calling something 'proper' doesn't mean its safe or optimal.

Lastly, by your logic I will never get lung cancer because I've smoked thousands of cigarettes in my life and never experienced any problems thus far as a result. Do you not see the glaring flaw in your logic here?

Even if I smoked for 60 years and was still living, does that somehow negate the fact that something like 1 in 3 life-long smokers die as a direct result of their smoking?

I apologize if I came off harsh at all above, but attitudes like your undeniably lead to people rationalizing dangerous behaviors.

Yeah man, this is about Harm Reduction, not what you've done and gotten away with.
Maybe I've stuck my dick in a diseased prostitute (I haven't) and gotten away without a medical problem as far as I can tell, that doesn't mean I would ever advocate it.

not to derail... but are you guys sure the Opana IR's haven't gone generic? I picked up a new script after a couple months off because I was trying bupe as my main PM agent, but these seem different than before somehow. Maybe Endo changed them....?

well... i am sure that the OP was using a cotton and spoon to IV these in the first place. Im also sure the OP knows the risks associated with his/her behaviors. I was merely suggesting using a cap instead of a spoon to mix the pill in.

I am not telling the OP to do anything with a diseased prostitute. Talk about overreacting... I wasn't insisting that there was no danger in my method, just minimal. Not anymore than what the OP was doing anyways.

And, on a side note, the only micron filters I was able to find available for purchase online were 2.99 each. That's too expensive for me. Do any of you guys know where to purchase them at a reasonable price? I am not disagreeing with you guys that it is safer to use micron filters, but if the OP, or anyone else lurking this thread cannot readily access them, i was sharing the technique that I use and my results from them. Any IV'er should know that there is ample risk in the technique I posted and the techniques they were using prior.

And really. I am not telling the OP to use spit from a diseased prostitute. You are most likely going to catch whatever said "disease" is. and mulvolution you dont need to post a summary of the post before yours. I get the point and I also wasnt saying that my logic could be used in 'x' situation. i was just stating there wasnt anymore risk then using cotton/spoon anyways.

No need to flame me, or get your panties in a wad. Most people won't/don't have access to micron filters anyways....

Yes, I am aware that you CAN iv roxies with cotton, and have done it myself. Sure, you could do it and get away with it but over time all of the impurities and fillers like talc and shit can build up in your veins, lungs, etc..

Not that this matters much, but talc is only in oxycontins, not roxicodone.

Alot of those ingredients are insoluble in water anyways. And while, yes, prolonged usage with cottons does have some dangers, using my method once or a few times is virtually harmless and nothing to "cringe" about.

I wasn't insisting that there was no danger in my method, just minimal.

Minimal risk is achieved using micron filters and sterile technique.

What we're trying to clear up here is that you essentially said micron filters are a luxury and if you use cottons properly it's fine--and that is factually incorrect.

You don't know how much damage your internal organs have sustained from not filtering out harmful binders and you don't know just how much talc has collected in your lungs. All you know is that you happen to not have died from it yet. I would hope you would agree that that is not a strong basis to say an unsafe practice is 'fine.'

Originally Posted by Limesmoke

No need to flame me, or get your panties in a wad. Most people won't/don't have access to micron filters anyways....

Anyone who has access to the internet has access to micron filters and other harm reduction supplies.

Originally Posted by Limesmoke

Not that this matters much, but talc is only in oxycontins, not roxicodone.

Inactive ingredients depend on the specific tablet and manufacturer (and microcrystalline cellulose is just as bad, anyway.)

Since dokomo pretty much nailed this, I don't have much to add, just a couple notes...

Originally Posted by Limesmoke

I am not telling the OP to do anything with a diseased prostitute. Talk about overreacting... I wasn't insisting that there was no danger in my method, just minimal. Not anymore than what the OP was doing anyways.

Are you familiar with hyperbole? I wasn't saying you were advocating using diseased whore spit in place of water but instead demonstrating the flaw in your logic. You argued that cottons work and I was simply applying that logic to a more extreme situation...

AKA just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD. dokomo succinctly demonstrated why you shouldn't.

Originally Posted by Limesmoke

No need to flame me, or get your panties in a wad.

No flame involved... I don't think I personally attacked you at all. I was addressing your claims from a harm reduction perspective.

Lastly, don't you DARE tell me what to do with my panties. I'm a grown man. Its MY decision.